Sentences with phrase «shows human lung»

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A 2005 study in Environmental Science and Technology showed that zinc oxide particles were toxic to human lung cells.

In experiments conducted on human lung endothelial cells and in mice, the researchers showed that NS1 caused permeability of the endothelium, which lines the walls of blood and lymph vessels.

Working in human lung epithelial cells, researchers used a variety of techniques to show that flu infection increased activity of the PI3K and mTOR pathways and that BEZ235 restored PI3K and mTOR activity to pre-infection levels.

Researchers showed that flu infection changed the metabolism of human lung epithelial cells, the prime location for replication of flu virus.

The researchers next showed that the Smurf1 gene controls M. tuberculosis growth in human macrophages and that the Smurf1 protein was found in association with bacteria in the lungs of patients with tuberculosis infections.

Our investigations on human cell lines in the laboratory have shown that synthetic cannabinoids, in the high concentrations found in cells in the oral cavity or in the lungs, for example, are likely to trigger damage to the DNA that may have significant consequences for the consumers of such substances.

They showed that it slowed the growth of human lung cancer cells but not kidney cancer cells in these mice.

A human lung in a pig might show more accurately the effect of a compound intended to treat, say, cystic fibrosis than today's lab animals.

The public disclosure of this expanded collaboration coincides with the publication in the peer reviewed journal Nature Methods of data showing new capabilities of the Lung - Chip technology to achieve accurate modeling of the human lung small airwLung - Chip technology to achieve accurate modeling of the human lung small airwlung small airways.

ORs are also expressed in non-olfactory tissues, including the kidney, heart, lung, and testes [9], [10], where they have been shown to work as chemoreceptors in human sperm chemotaxis [11], [12].

The result was a highly selective drug they named SBI - 0206965, which successfully killed a number of cancer cell types, including human and mouse lung cancer cells and human brain cancer cells, some of which were previously shown to be particularly reliant on cellular recycling.

One study presented in the journal — from a group led by Patrick Singleton, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago Medicine — shows how opioids already present in the body can enhance the malignant tendencies of human lung cancer cells transplanted into mice, even without the addition of morphine.

In the first of the two new studies, Lobo and his team showed that they could obtain lung spheroid cells from human lung disease patients with a relatively non-invasive procedure called a transbronchial biopsy.

Studies in humans have shown that lycopene is protective against a variety of cancers including prostate of course, but also colorectal, breast, lung, endometrial, pancreatic, bladder, cervical and skin cancers.

Modern studies have shown that high doses of vitamin A in the human body, especially when consumed through supplements, can increase the risk for a lung cancer.

A combination of limited human data and a wealth of animal studies show that phthalates, as only one of many chemicals in fragrances, can impair reproduction and development, alter liver and kidney function, damage the heart and lungs, and effect blood clotting.

In addition, several case - control studies have shown that specific forms of the gene that encodes glutathione S - transferase, which is the enzyme that metabolizes and helps eliminate isothiocyanates from the body, may influence the association between cruciferous vegetable intake and human lung and colorectal cancer risk (21 - 23).

Studies in animals and humans have shown that dietary glutathione increases blood levels of glutathione, but one study in mice suggested that under ordinary conditions, dietary glutathione can not boost its own concentration in other tissues except in the lung, where large amounts of glutathione are needed to maintain the fluidity of mucus.

«Every dog I've necropsied (similar to doing a human autopsy), most after living out a normal life after suffering the disease many years ago, showed evidence of permanent lung damage, sometimes significant,» Jones notes.

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The first showed that acceptance of several scientific propositions — including the acceptance of HIV causing AIDS, smoking causing lung cancer, and human CO2 emissions causing global warming — were all manifestations of a common factor, which in turn is correlated with a factor reflecting perceived scientific consensus.

This demonstration shows how the device will operate on and maneuver through a human lung.